They’re big. I think that summarizes my experience with the Beats. As I said in my first impression I would post about the Beats after my experience with them traveling so here it is. Basically they are extremely comfortable, they sound amazing and the noise reduction is pretty impressive. The biggest and only problem I have with the Beats is the size. They barely fit into my messenger bag! If I had my backpack it wouldn’t be such a problem but I am now mostly traveling with my messenger bag and the Beats are too big to fit comfortably in them.
While on the plane watching an episode of Boston Legal on my iPod, a guy sitting across me in the isle tapped my shoulder. Turned out he had the Bose QuietComfort 3 and wanted to know if the headphones I had on my head had noise reduction. I gave him the headphones to try on and according to him the Beats had better noise reduction than the QuietComfort 3 which actually impressed me since I am not a big fan of Bose. He also commented on the fact how the Beats fit around the ear giving a perfect seal while the Bose fit over the ear. He thinks thats why they offer better noise reduction which makes sense.
Anyway although I really love these headphones I highly doubt I will end up buying them. I need travel headphones and although these are very comfortable they just aren’t practical to lug around because of their size. If only they folded down flatter…
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20 replies on “Second Impression: Beats by Dre”
You can possibly just keep them around your neck.
Yeah maybe if I was Dr Dre
Mark; gift them to the Afro American health freak you keep bumping into all the time. Am sure he’s gonna love ’em.
Seeing as you don’t like them I think you should sell them to me.
Anything that covers the ears properly will reduce noise more.
Creative has some headphones..
https://ae.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=437&subcategory=439&product=16975&listby=
“Brace for impact” is much important for me during the flight so I wont use this during a flight 😀
ha ha..
so dave wins ??
over the ear good quality headphones will always have this drawback of size. so quality vs convenience leaves u often in a no-win situation. senn px100 are excellent choice for foldable travel units.
i knew you’d like BOSE 😛
The PX100 suck for traveling. yeah they fold up nicely but they’re not loud enough on the plane without annoying everyone around you, they don’t have noise reduction and they don’t sound anything close to these.
Scullcandy Earphones.
Mark should i go for this or the beats by dr. dre Tour (in ear)
if u want in ear there are a tons of options. i haven’t tried the Dr Dre in ear.
Earbuds it’s beter also cheap..
how did u get these to try on without buying?? did you steal em’? lol..where can i get my trial set?
Mark, i have to agree to disagree with you. as an owener of both Beats in ear and Studio. The studio was more the music lover/audiophile+ its has that bling factor. Great for DJ’ing and easy travel or study. I do agree can be difficult while travelling. That’s why i got the in ears for christmas. They absolutely rock! Small, power packed the same kind of deep clean bass delivery, i love the cable cord, they call it spaghetti cable or something, it doesnt tangle. they look super cool as well. The bose are great, but as a customer i think i would draw the line of comparisons between the merc and BMW customers, where each speaks for a diiferent audience and market. Thats why i guess Beats are sold exclusivly in apple stores in the US, as they are targeting a different audience.
That’s my two cents. You should try the In ears, i think you will like them. i wish they made them wireless 🙂
My friend bought the beats, and he’s addicted to them. I must admit, they are prettty damn comfortable and the noise is amazingggg! It’s winter time here and they are pretty for ear muffs….even the packaging is coool…but i do think they’re way too big!!!!
Available for KD 123 @ Alghanim. Expensive.
Its 99kd at alghanim which is practically same price as amazon.
oh damn…stupid 20% off . ya 99kd.
my impression on those headphones is just one word (clear)
i am using them on my Roland HD-1 drum set and they just bypass the earphones they incluse in the set, the sound is seriously 10 times better in quality and you can hear the bass drum realllyyyy well.
so if you aer willing to get them i say go for it.
my only complaint is about the fact that they run on batteries,
why do they make headphones work with batteries?
but all in all they are GREAT !